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14C is a radioactive isotope of carbon, notable for havir
in dating organic matter up to around 60 000 years.
decays into 14N via the emission of an electron and an
= 14.00324 amu, m
= 14.00307
m = 0.000545 amu, m 1.00794 amu, and while a
antineutrino has mass, this mass is so small that you c
ignore it here.)
(a) What is the binding energy of the 14C atom?
antineutrino. (m 140
-
14N
e-
IH
140T